SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT ON WINTER SHOW.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18642, 20 December 1928, Page 11

SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT ON WINTER SHOW.

ORGANISING STAFF VOTED SUM OF £2OO.

After £SOO has been paid to the Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association, and a similar amount to the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association, there is still a credit balance of £759 14s 2d from the last Winter Show. The balance-sheet was presented at a meeting of the executive of the Winter Show i-esterday afternoon. It was decided that the statement be circulated to members of the executive, who will deal with it at a meeting on January 16. 1929. The total receipts in the main statement were £5752, made up mainly by the following:—Space fees from manufacturers £2208, entrance fees for Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s competitions £l4l, admission charges £3403. The expenditure of £3744 in-cluded:—-Rent of King Edward Barracks £636, repairs to floor £45, buildings and lay-out £636, lighting £633, decorations £268, wages £455, prize money £362, grant to district bays £l6O, entertainments £97 and printing, etc., £IOB. This left a profit of £2007 13s, from which was voted £SOO to the Manufacturers’ Association, £SOO to the Agricultural and Pastoral Association and £2OO to Mr Denvs Hoare and his staff for their services. After other late accounts had been paid, there was a balance of £759 14s 2d. Mr F. Coop said that it would hai-e been better for members to have been given a copy of the balance-sheet. As it was, the speaker was not prepared to discuss the finances. There was a sum of £2OO voted to Mr Hoare and his staff, yet much good work had been done by the Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s staff. . Mr Iloare: The £2OO was not put there by myself. Mr Hayward could explain that matter. When Mr Hayward saw me, I brought up the question of work done by the Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s staff. Mr R. T. M’Millan stated that further delay in dealing with the balancesheet was not advisable. One of the features' of the balancesheet, said Mr A. W. Beaven, was the amount of expenses loaded upon the show each year. The committee should go into the question of reducing the expenses. The sum of £2OO proposed for Mr Hoare and his staff was voted by the Manufacturers’ Association as the sum which, in its opinion, should come from the proceeds of the exhibition. In allotting payment to staffs, consideration should have been given to the work done by the Agricultural and Pastoral Association. “ The bulk of the exhibition and the bulk of the work has fallen on the manufacturing industries,” stated the chairman (Mr 11. Bradley). “I therefore think that the £2OO is extremely reasonable. Mr Hoare is not engaged exclusively on the business of the Manufacturers’ Association, and therefore is entitled to be paid for Winter Show work separately from his ordinary remuneration. Voting of the sum is the recommendation of the Finance Committee.” A motion that copies of the balancesheet be circulated to members of the executive was then carried. Reporting on the Winter Show, the organiser (Mr E. H. Marriner) stated that, if the buildings were larger, many other firms would have exhibited. There was an increase of 50 per cent over last year’s figures in the number of people who pa,id for admission. It

was estimated that over 100,000 people passed through the gates. In many cases exhibitors were anxious to book up an increase in space at next year’s u inter Show. Altogether, between 10,000 and 12,000 school children attended. School excursions from all parts of Canterbury and the West Coast would, it was trusted, be in full swing for next show. Better arrangements would have to be made in the future regarding passes. Copies of the organiser’s report, together with the balance-sheet, will be circulated to members of the executive.